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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 21 2010 $
.Dt LDAPCTL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ldapctl
.Nd LDAP daemon control program
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm ldapctl
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl s Ar socket
.Ar command
.Op Ar argument ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
program controls the
.Xr ldapd 8
daemon.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl f Ar file
Use
.Ar file
as the configuration file, instead of the default
.Pa /etc/ldapd.conf .
.It Fl s Ar socket
Use
.Ar socket
instead of the default
.Pa /var/run/ldapd.sock
to communicate with
.Xr ldapd 8 .
.It Fl v
Produce more verbose output.
.El
.Pp
The commands are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
.It Cm stats
Show statistics counters.
.It Cm log brief
Disable verbose debug logging.
.It Cm log verbose
Enable verbose debug logging.
.It Cm compact
Compact all databases.
.Xr ldapd 8
does not have to be running.
When compaction of a database file is complete, a special marker is appended
to the database file that tells
.Xr ldapd 8
to reopen the file and perform new requests against the compacted database.
A write transaction is opened to force other processes to buffer write
requests while performing compaction.
Read requests are handled without disruption.
.It Cm index
Re-index all databases.
.Xr ldapd 8
does not have to be running.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/var/run/ldapd.sockXXXXXXX" -compact
.It Pa /var/run/ldapd.sock
default
.Nm
control socket
.It Pa /etc/ldapd.conf
default
.Xr ldapd 8
configuration file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ldapd.conf 5 ,
.Xr ldapd 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program first appeared in
.Ox 4.8 .
